With bitcoin hovering tantalizingly near the $100,000 mark, long-silent, old-school bitcoin wallets are suddenly stirring, reappearing with a noticeable uptick in activity. On Jan. 16, two wallets dating back to 2016 sprang to life, moving 1,087 BTC—valued at more than $103 million—for the first time in 9 years and 9 months.
Crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows turned mixed on Friday as Bitcoin’s multi-day inflow streak snapped sharply. Ether managed to stay marginally positive, while XRP and Solana closed the week with subdued, low-conviction moves.
January 17, 2026, 5:30 pmThe beginning of 2026 has made the investors look back to the assets that demonstrate high structural positioning as opposed to a passing speculation. Bitcoin still bears the wider market story, however, a new cheap crypto is being featured by analysts as possessing a more favorable form of upside potential.
January 17, 2026, 5:30 pm
XRP has just achieved a major milestone, officially surpassing Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Dogecoin (DOGE) in terms of trading volume. According to a new report, the altcoin has become the most traded asset in all of South Korea, highlighting strong adoption, demand, and liquidity.
Strategy chairman Michael Saylor pushed back on critics who say companies that hold Bitcoin are reckless. He told a podcast that buying Bitcoin should be seen as a choice about where to put cash, not as a moral failing.
After a steady stretch of flexing above the 1,000 exahash per second (EH/s) — a clean 1 zettahash per second (ZH/s) — line, Bitcoin’s network hashpower has dipped back under the 1 ZH/s bar and is now clocking in at 988 EH/s.
The company says that accepting bitcoin payments has led to a "self-reinforcing cycle" where crypto revenue helps fund upgrades and improvements.
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The price of Bitcoin began the new week on an exciting move to the upside. The premier cryptocurrency recorded a price ascent of about 9%, reaching a high of over $97,000 and falling just short of its past six-figure valuation.
Bitcoin’s first difficulty adjustment of 2026 was anything but dramatic. The network nudged the dial down to about 146.4 trillion, a pretty small retreat after the late-2025 grind higher.
If bitcoin had a theme song today, it’d be “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop”—except, maybe it might stop to catch its breath. Trading in a narrow intraday range, the asset has taken a breather above the $95K threshold, forming what might be a bullish flag waving at momentum.
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